"The Maltese cargo ship (TK Bremen) that ran aground on the naturist beach Kerminihy, just at the mouth of the ria of Etel (in the Morbihan department), during Joachim storm, remained on the side Friday afternoon, with a strong smell of diesel."

Here is the table of the remarkably warm temperatures that occurred yesterday (16th Dec. 2011) in the south of the Midi-Pyrénées region. It's probably due to Joachim, that passed through France further north, which resulted in the arrival of warmer air to that area (and maybe some Foehn effect helped too).

Note that Aquitaine also had some warm air, along with Languedoc-Roussillon and the northeastern part of Corsica.

Aquitaine's warmest station was Ger (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), with 20.3°C.
Languedoc-Roussillon's warmest was Villardebelle (Aude), with 20.5°C.
Corsica's warmest was Bastia (Haute-Corse), with 20.1°C.

As a fan of temperature facts, I couldn't miss posting these pieces of information.

Here is the table of the remarkably warm temperatures that occurred yesterday (16th Dec. 2011) in the south of the Midi-Pyrénées region. It's probably due to Joachim, that passed through France further north, which resulted in the arrival of warmer air to that area (and maybe some Foehn effect helped too).

We're now entering the coldest period of the year (the winter solstice is close), and it is now the turn of the extreme South of the country to feel it. Today 18th Dec. has been the first day for several months that the whole territory at once has seen all its minimum temperatures below 10°C. Indeed, the "warmest" minimum was for Cape Corsica this morning, with 8.5°C (it might have been beaten by a station of coastal Brittany, I haven't checked it yet, 'cause of Météo Climat's slow loading).